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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Addict Biol. 2021 Jan 3;26(4):e12993. doi: 10.1111/adb.12993

Table 3.

Mean peak effects during controlled cannabis administration (2 days of 7.0% THC 6x/day) and during cannabis abstinence (3 days) as a function of lorcaserin dose (0, 10 mg BID).

Measure Lorcaserin Dose Cannabis Administration Abstinence
Ratings of “Sociable” 0 mg 53.6 (2.7) 47.8 (2.3)
10 mg ⬆ 57.9 (2.9)* 46.3 (2.3)

Cannabis Craving 0 mg 68.2 (5.6) 66.2 (5.4)
10 mg 64.7 (6.3) ⬇ 57.4 (6.1)

Digit-Recall (#) 0 mg 6.9 (0.2) 7.2 (0.2)
10 mg ⬇ 6.2 (0.4)* ⬇ 6.7 (0.2)**

Rapid Information 0 mg 81.3 (6.8) 74.2 (5.0)
Task (# misses) 10 mg ⬆ 98.8 (8.3)** ⬆ 86.3 (7.0)*

Food intake (kcal) 0 mg 4515.4 (446.5) 2426.0 (255.4)
10 mg 4237.0 (566.5) 2331.7 (340.0)

Body weight (kg) 0 mg 82.7 (3.5) 81.7 (2.7)
10 mg ⬆ 83.2 (3.4)* ⬆ 82.3 (2.6)*

Fell Asleep Easily 0 mg 69.2 (4.9) 58.6 (5.6)
10 mg 58.6 (5.6) ⬇ 35.1 (4.1)**

Slept Well 0 mg 63.0 (4.7) 55.8 (5.3)
10 mg 59.1 (3.9) ⬇ 46.2 (3.8)**

“Drug Liking” 0 mg 0.37 (0.15) 0.29 (0.13)
10 mg ⬆ 0.87 (0.24)* 0.00 (0.00)

“Strong Drug Effect” 0 mg 0.87 (0.22) 0.58 (0.19)
10 mg ⬆ 1.3 (2.2)* 0.44 (016)

“Good Drug Effect” 0 mg 0.8 (0.21) 0.38 (0.19)
10 mg ⬆ 1.3 (0.27)* 0.27 (0.16)

Tobacco Cigarettes (# ad lib) 0 mg 7.9 (3.7) 7.8 (1.5)
10 mg ⬇ 5.9 (2.5)* 7.0 (1.3)

Note: Data in parentheses represent standard error of the mean. Mood/sleep rating range = 0 to100 mm; “Drug Liking” = −4 (dislike very much) to 4 (like very much); “Strong Drug Effect” and “Good Drug Effect” = 0 (none) to 4 (very); subjective drug effects are reflective of capsule effects.

Asterisks represent significant differences between lorcaserin and placebo * p < 0.02, ** p < 0.004, and the arrow signs indicate the direction of the effect.